Flying target



(No Model.)

WITNESSES F. J. MOYER.

FLYING TARGET.

- Patented June 3, 1 884.

' INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES ATENT nron.

FRANK J. MOYER, OF LOOKPORT, NEW YORK.

FLYING TARGET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,835, dated June 3,1884.

I Application filed February 1, 1884. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK J. MoYER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lockport, in the county of Niagara and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flying Targets, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to that class of devices which are known asflying targets, and which consist, essentially, of aspherical or othersuitablyshaped body, to which, by my present invention, I attach anannular rim or flange; and my invention consists in an improvedconstruction of the said rim or flange and the method of attaching it tothe body of the target, as will hereinafter be fully described, andparticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved flying target. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is avertical sectional View on the line 00 x in Fig. 2. Fig. 4: is a detailview of the rim or flange detached.

The same letters refer to the same parts all the figures.

The targets which are the subject of this invention are to beconstructed of fusible and frangible material in substantially themanner set forth in the patent granted to Woodward on the 9th day ofSeptember, 1879, and which consists in pouring the fused material into amold, allowing it to harden until a shell is formed, and pouring thesurplus material out through an orifice in the mold. By this method ofconstruction a target has been made the shell of which has been ofuniform thickness t11roughoutan object which has not been attained byother processes so far as I am aware.

As stated, my present invention has for its object to provide a shell ortarget with an annular rim or flange. The purpose of this flange is toaid the flight of the target through the air and to make it resemblemore closely the flight of a bird. To do this successfully the flangemust be thin, light, and impervious to the action of moisture or otheratmospheric influences. It must, moreover, be firmly attached to thebody of the target, so as not to become loose or detached in the act ofthrowing the latter.

To accomplish the several objectsof my invention I first construct anannular disk or a series of notches, B B, between whichlips or,

tongues project, as denoted by G. In the process of casting or moldingthe target this disk or band is placed between the sections of the mold,which are suitably constructed for the purpose, and the fused material,when poured into the mold, is allowed to enter the notches I B of thedisk, the points 0 of which will enter the body of the casting, to whichthe said disk is thus firmly attached.

If it were attempted to attach a disk or flange to a casting of thenature described by means of a simple circular orifice in the said disk,the result would be that the fused material, by 00111- ing in contactwith the flange or disk, would not readily harden at the point ofcontact, thus leaving the shell or target thin and weak at such point,and rendering the device, if not useless, at all events less efficientand valuable. By my present invention this disadvantage is entirelyobviated ,inasmuch as the fused material is allowed to flow out into thenotches of the flange, which is thus more securely at tached, while thedifficulty above alluded to is obviated.

The target, having been formed as above described, is submitted to anadditional process, which consists in coating the rim or flange and itsadjacent parts with some water-proof substance, which may be ordinaryvarnish or any other suitable composition. By this means I not onlyrender the flange water-proof and capable of resisting all atmosphericinfluences, but I also cause additional tenacity between the shell orbody of the target and the rim or flange.

The operation and advantages of this invention will be easily understoodfrom the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawingshereto annexed.

The construction is simple and inexpensive, and I have succeeded by themethod herein set forth in making a flying target which possesses allthe requisite qualities of cheapness, lightness, ease of manipulation,and certainty of action.

I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States -1.The combination, with a flying target, consisting of a shell molded offrangible material, of arim or flange connected annularly to the saidshell, and having a coating of waterproofing material, as set forth.

2,,lhe combination, with a rtarget-shell molded of frangible material,of a rim or flange having notches, which are filled by a portion of thematerial constituting the body of the shell, and tongues which enter thebody of the flange composed of light infrangible material connected tosaid shell by means of tongues or points entering the body of thelatter, and water-proof material covering the joints, substantially asset forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in 30 presence of twowitnesses.

FRANK J. MOYER.

\Vitnesses:

WM. BAGGER, FRED. G. DIETERIOH.

